Police find 2 missing kids safe in Daytona Beach

Two children who went missing in Daytona Beach on Tuesday were found safe, asleep in a car behind the house where they were last seen.

Police say the children, who are friends, went missing from a home on Minerva Road at 1 p.m.

"(The mother) noticed that they were there maybe around 1 p.m., and the door was locked, and they were playing near the door, and she came back maybe 10 or 15 minutes later, and the door was open, and the kids were gone," said Daytona Beach Police Chief spokesman Jimmie Flynt.

The children were found about 2:45 p.m., just as authorities were preparing to issue an Amber Alert.

They were each tucked in front of the driver and passenger seats, under the dashboard. Police did not know if they were there the whole time.